Sigourney wales



l(nominaal.)

S. WALES.A Slide or Connection for Straps.

Patented M ay 10, 1881.

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.l llllil ilNiTsc STATES SIGOURNEYv VALES, OF WATERBURY,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNCR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENT, TO HARRIO'I H. WTALES, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters SLIDE OR CONNECTION FOR STRAPS.

Patent No. 241,255, dated May 10, 1881.

Application med Jniy 1Q, leso. (No model.)

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGOURNEY W ALns, ot' Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and Improved Slide or Connection for Straps, &c., of which the following is a speci- I iication.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device whereby two or Io more straps or strips of exiblematerial may be connected so that they maybe conveniently adjusted in length, as hereinafter described.

My invention consists in a slide or connection composed of two frames of rectangular or polygonal form and of unequalsize, the smaller overlapping the larger upon opposite sides l or ends, and supported thereon, and the two frames being so combined that the smaller may be moved upon the larger or raised therefrom 2o to facilitate the adjustment of straps.

The straps orstrips to be connected are looped over the ba rs constituting opposite sides ofthe auxilliary frame, and passed under the bars of the main fra-lue; and when so connected a pull upon the straps or strips will hold the auxiliary fraaie tightly upon the main fra-me, and yet permit the auxiliary frame to lbe raised from the main frame to enable the straps to be adjusted. If desirable, other straps or strips 3o may be looped over the inverted-U-shaped bars of the main frame under the impinging bars ofthe auxiliary frame.

, In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of a connection or slide embodying myinventiomand comprising two frames of rectangular form. Fig. 2

" represents a plan view of such connection or slide with straps or strips connected to opposite sides thereof. Fig. 3 represents a plan of 4o a connection or slide ot' approximately triangular form, having straps or strips connected to three sides thereof, and Fig. et represents a plan of a connection or slide of polygonal form and straps or strips connected to all the sides 4 5 thereof.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A B, Figs. l and 2, designate the two parts of which my connection or slide is composed,

5o and which consists of two rectangular frames preferably stamped from sheet metal,the main frame A being somewhat broader than the aux iliary frame B, and forming a support theret'or. The opposite ends, a, ot' the main frame A are overlapped by and support the ends b of the auxiliary frame B, and preferably the bars forming both the ends areof inverted-U shape in their transverse section, so that the auxiliary frame will be held in yproper relation to The slot or opening in the 6o the main frame. auxiliary frame B is preferably extended into the portions thereof which bear upon the main frame A, so as to lessen the bearing of the formerframe upon the latter and permit it to slide easily thereon.

Themanner of connecting the flexible straps or strips C to the slide or connection is shown clearly in Fig. 2. The two straps or strips are looped over the bars b', forming the opposite sides of the frame B, andare passed under the 7o bars a', forming the corresponding sides of the frame A, Vhen so connected the pull or strain upon the straps or strips holds the two frames tightly together. To adjust thestraps or strips it is only necessary to pull up the Hy ends, whereupon the said straps or strips will slip readily with a strong pull.

It will be observed. that the auxiliary and main frames are notconiiectedin any way, save that the latter supports theformer, and hence 8o facility is afforded for lifting or moving the auxiliary frame away from the main frame when it is desired to slip the straps longitudinally, for the purpose of lengthening or shortening them. The frame B can be readily lifted from the frame A to facilitate the adjustment of the straps.

The slide or connection represented in Fia.

3 is similar to that just described, except that the two 'framesD andEare approximately trian- 9o gularin shape, and three straps or strips, C, are connected thereto instead of two. Two ofthese straps or strips are looped over the bars c and passed under the bars d in `the manner heretofore deseribed,while the thirdis simply looped 9 5 over the end bar, d', of the frame D and held between it and the impinging bar e of the frame E.

In the connection or slide shown in Fie. 4 the two frames F G are represented as polygo- 10o nal in shape, having ve straps, C, connected thereto. Two of these straps are looped over the bars g and passed under the bars f, aspreviously described, while the remaining three straps are looped around the bars f of the frame F, and held between them and the impingingbarsg oftheframe G. When the frames are polygonal, as shown in Fig. 4, the auxiliary frame G may be provided with lips lb at the angles to prevent the straps upon adjacent sides from passing over one another.

By my invention I produce a connection or slide which is very simple in construction, and in which provision is afforded for longitudinal adjustment, as above described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A slide or connection composed of two frames of rectangular or polygonal shape and of unequal size, the smaller overlapping the larger upon opposite sides or ends and supported thereon, and the two frames being so combined that the smaller may be moved upon the larger or raised therefrom to facilitate the adj ustm entof straps, substantially as specified.

2. The combination7 with a slide or connection composed of a main frame and a smaller auxiliary frame overlapping the main frame upon opposite sides or ends and supported thereon, but otherwise having no connection therewith, of straps or strips of flexible material looped over the bars of the auxiliary frame and passed under the bars of the main frame, thereby serving to hold the auxiliary frame upon the main frame, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a slide or connection composed ot' a main frame antamaller auxiliary frame overlapping the main frame upon opposite sides or ends and supported thereon, but otherwise having no connection therewith, ot' straps or strips ot' flexible material looped over the bars of theauxiliary frame and passed under the bars of the main frame, and other straps or strips looped round bars of the main frame, between it and the impinging portions ot' the auxiliary frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l. The combination,with theframc F,of the smaller frame G, provided With the inwardlyprojecting lip It, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SIGOURNEY WALES.

fitnesses HENRY S. CHASE, C. F. Porn. 

